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Mayflower videoA mercant ship, called the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, a port on the Southern coast of England
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The Mayflower arrives at Cape Cod, bringing the "Pilgrims" who established the Pilgrim colony.
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Philemon Purmont was intreated to become school master for the teaching and nuturing of children
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The Massachusetts Genral Court of the colony enacted the first education law, the municipal authorities were given the duty of seeing that every child within their respective jurisdictions should be educated.
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In 1647, a law was passed maiking the support of schools compulsory, and education both universal and free (Mann, 108)
